Adobe

Adobe Audition

Monthly rent to trim a waveform.

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The exit

  1. The world's most-used free audio editor.

    Status
    Stable Mature and ready for daily work.
    License
    GPL-3.0
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Avid
  • Subscription
  • Lock-in

Pro Tools

Avid halted perpetual sales in 2022 to push the industry standard onto subscriptions, and only brought them back after the backlash.

  1. SoundCraftAlphaApache-2.0

    A clean-room Pro Tools in Rust, with Edit and Mix windows, ten inserts and sends, and CLAP plugins.

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  2. ArdourStableGPL-2.0

    A professional DAW for recording, editing and mixing.

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Avid
  • Subscription
  • Betrayal

Sibelius

Avid shut down the original Sibelius team in 2012, then pushed composers toward subscriptions.

  1. MuseScore StudioStableGPL-3.0

    Professional music notation with beautiful engraving and playback.

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